EPA TRI Facility · Machinery
Gast Manufacturing Inc
Benton Harbor, MI · Parent: Idex Corp
- Total releases
- 21 lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 4
- Carcinogens
- 1
- Primary pathway
- Off-site Transfers
OFFSITE Form-R mix
Gast Manufacturing Inc: how the 21 lbs splits
21 lbs across all reported pathways
- Off-site Transfers 21 lbs 100.0%
Gast Manufacturing Inc's 21 lbs Form-R total is OFFSITE - off-site transfers is 100.0% of the bar. Off-site transfers stay separate from air, water, and land releases. Leading chemical by pounds: Manganese.
TRACE volume OFFSITE pathway CARC-LEAN
Gast Manufacturing Inc is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Benton Harbor, MI, in the machinery sector. It reported 4 lbs of releases across 4 chemicals in 2023, and 21 lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 17,940 of 25,986 TRI facilities nationwide by cumulative reported pounds, counting each facility over however many years it has filed. In Michigan's 791 reporting TRI sites, pounds #1 is not chemical-count #1. Gast Manufacturing Inc is pounds #686 and chemical-count #315 at 21 lbs. Cleveland-Cliffs Steel Corp Dearborn Works leads reported pounds (53.0M lbs) at 17 chemicals (chemical-count #27). Eq Detroit Inc leads chemical count at 71 chemicals (14.0M lbs, pounds #5). Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Tech Nickel Inc; Special-Lite Inc. -; Bluewater Thermal Solutions; Champlain Specialty Metals Inc.. Similar-scale Machinery peers outside Michigan: Trillium Pumps USA Inc.; Twin City Fan Cos Brookings; Kingsburyna Inc; Solar Turbines Inc Kearny Mesa. Other Idex Corp sites in this extract: Akron Brass; Idex Health & Science LLC; Viking Pump Inc-Alloys Foundry; Viking Pump Inc. - South Main Facility. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Manganese; Copper; Chromium; Nickel.
Compare Gast Manufacturing Inc with
Nearest reporters in Michigan
- Tech Nickel Inc Benton Harbor · 137 lbs
- Special-Lite Inc. - Benton Harbor · 2.5K lbs
- Bluewater Thermal Solutions Benton Harbor · 1.1K lbs
- Champlain Specialty Metals Inc. Benton Harbor · 49.3K lbs
Similar-scale Machinery sites elsewhere: Trillium Pumps USA Inc. (CA) · Twin City Fan Cos Brookings (SD) · Kingsburyna Inc (CA)
Gast Manufacturing Inc stamps TRACE volume with a dominant OFFSITE pathway (100.0% off-site transfers) across 4 chemicals · 1 carcinogen-classified. Cumulative Form-R extract: 21 lbs (2019–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Trillium Pumps USA Inc. and Twin City Fan Cos Brookings.
Gast Manufacturing Inc vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
21 lbs 31st percentile higher than 31% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Gast Manufacturing Inc in the Machinery sector extract
Among the 1,186 Machinery facilities in this database, Gast Manufacturing Inc reports the 772nd-largest volume (21 lbs). Scale peers outside Michigan include Trillium Pumps USA Inc. and Twin City Fan Cos Brookings.
Sector rank uses reported TRI pounds only. Share callouts need ≥1,000 lbs so tiny totals cannot mint a false signal.
Gast Manufacturing Inc Form-R facts
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See how Gast Manufacturing Inc stacks up against nearby facilities and the typical reporter.
85% less than the comparison
33% more than the comparison
Comparison reflects reported pounds and chemical counts, not toxicity or health risk. Averages cover facilities reporting any release.
How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Gast Manufacturing Inc releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 21 lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases held roughly flat (4 lbs to 4 lbs).
Gast Manufacturing Inc: annual Form-R pounds
TRACE site · OFFSITE pathway · TRI years 2019–2023
- 2019 0
- 2020 0
- 2021 0
- 2022 0
- 2023 0
What this shows Gast Manufacturing Inc year-over-year reported totals (held roughly flat from 2019 to 2023). TRI figures are self-reported estimates and can swing with production, waste handling, and reporting changes, not only with controls. Lead chemical in the extract: Manganese.
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 4 lbs | 4 |
| 2020 | 5 lbs | 4 |
| 2021 | 4 lbs | 4 |
| 2022 | 4 lbs | 4 |
| 2023 | 4 lbs | 4 |
Gast Manufacturing Inc · OFFSITE-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Gast Manufacturing Inc
Closest other reporters in Michigan - including Tech Nickel Inc, Special-Lite Inc. -, Bluewater Thermal Solutions, ordered by distance.
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Similar Machinery Facilities
Other Machinery facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside Michigan - e.g. Trillium Pumps USA Inc., Twin City Fan Cos Brookings, Kingsburyna Inc.
Other Idex Corp Facilities
Same-parent TRI sites ranked by reported releases - including Akron Brass, Idex Health & Science LLC, Viking Pump Inc-Alloys Foundry.
About TRI Data
Data as of 2023 reporting year. Source: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Toxic Release Inventory.
On this page the largest disclosed chemicals include Manganese, Copper, Chromium, Nickel; nearby reporters include Tech Nickel Inc. Gast Manufacturing Inc stamps TRACE volume · OFFSITE pathway · CARC-LEAN carcinogen-lbs on this Form-R extract. Totals are self-reported estimates under EPCRA §313, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score.
Use and verify this record
This Gast Manufacturing Inc TRI extract (TRACE · OFFSITE · CARC-LEAN · lead Manganese) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Gast Manufacturing Inc totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Benton Harbor, MI, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 333912 · Machinery. 0.0% of Berrien TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Autocam Precision Components (Δ 0 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Gast Manufacturing Inc stamps TRACE volume · OFFSITE pathway · CARC-LEAN · lead Manganese. PlainEnviro renders this EPA Form-R extract from its pipeline; no figure is typed in by an editor. Corrections: editorial policy.
All federal data sources used on this page
- EPA Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) Basic Data Files - annual self-reported chemical-release filings. epa.gov
- EPA TRI Program reference - how chemicals and reported releases are counted. epa.gov
- EPA Facility Registry Service - facility location and identity. epa.gov
- EPA ECHO - regulatory and compliance context. epa.gov
- EPA Envirofacts - the EPA data warehouse exposing these datasets. epa.gov